Them being hard to fake is a really good point, good thinking.

No no it wasn’t just a shiny metal. Silver and gold were (still are) noble metals, and that means they are more inert than other metals, and by inert I mean “it doesn’t rust or tarnish”. Silver sometimes tarnishes, but gold is very hard to tarnish.

And you may think, so what, big deal, it just saves time polishing metal. Right? No, if you ever ate from a brass or any other alloy metal cutlery/plates, you will remember the absolutely horrible bitter taste these metals have. You pretty much have to hard scrub and polish each piece daily to avoid getting that taste. Tarnished silver otoh, doesn’t taste as bad. So not only it takes longer to tarnish but even if it does it gets a pass. Bear in mind stainless steel and plastic weren’t really a thing back then, so you’d be stuck with metal or wood for cutlery.

But wait, there is more. Both silver and gold are particularly malleable and ductile; this means you can hammer them, beat them, bend them, and spin them into very thin threads and the metal won’t break as easily as other metals do. I’ve worked as a silversmith so I’ve experienced this first hand. Working brass into shape and adding ornamentation to it is very hard, you need to anneal it constantly and use more force. It cracks more easily while you work it too. Copper is slightly better, but silver is way ahead any of them, and gold is just like working butter. There is no comparison. Much easier, really good results. Also gold has a slightly higher melting point than silver, meaning it’s somewhat easier to solder.

All this makes gold and silver the only fitting choices for fine jewelry and luxury items such as silverware, trophies, embroidered clothing, etc. And these items signify wealth and status, so, obviously, this made gold and silver very valuable and useful back in the day.

I love this concept of a creature/monster, is it canon in any lore or is it just a thing from this comic? I’ve never heard of it before

Many already said how people start dancing. I’ll add some things to keep in mind:

1- culture is a massive factor: nobody mentioned birthday parties. I’m going to presume kids don’t dance at birthday parties in English speaking countries, but elsewhere in the world you have birthdays and I’m going to guess other festivities in other cultures include dancing. That’s a major step before you are old enough to go clubbing. Freestyle in the case of birthdays, but you also need to keep in mind my next point,…

2- TV, Music videos, Videogames and whatever media in which people see these moves also helps people learn them. It’s not uncommon for a small group of friends trying out if they can do this Celebrity Move like in Such Video Clip or whatever and this can happen while they hang out anywhere, even during school breaks.

So yes, if you have the inclination for dancing you have plenty of opportunities to practice and learn as you grow.

Skyrim and Zelda obscure?

Also I’m not going to challenge the earnings of Clash of Clans, but, why is it the most influential?

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Love Ulysses, in particular tricking the cyclops. I also like how he didn’t age at all during his journey, but upon arrival Athena made him look old as a “disguise” so people wouldn’t recognise him.

I don’t know which one I dislike. I’ll think about it and return

Never my parents gave me any talks either for power structures or sex. Both topics were already included organically in my upbringing; they only increased in complexity as I grew up.

I’m jealous that you can sleep with a migraine. I can’t

At least did you and your party conquer the city?

Needs context and I know this can be as varied as it gets. I’m not someone who has any skills or knowledge in any field that could help Earth recover (other than some basic understanding of ecology, fauna and biology). I think I’d be inclined to stay and try gathering a team of skilled people to recover it.

Without a return trip I’d just use it to go to work and spare myself the commute. I’d sleep in that day.

Veal schnitzel - mom’s are my favorites

My job, will I…

1. remain employed most of the time somewhere and

2. will I ever manage to leave retail and return to work for what I studied for?

Also,

3. my parents health

Yep

I feel for you. I’m not in the same field as you, and I’m not the same person you replied to either. I’m just chiming in. I’ve been unemployed for over a year; your post makes me think you are starting to feel stressed and this is the first step towards depression. I went down that route and getting out of it was very tough; I’m still working on it.

In short, I want to say, try to get a plebe jobbe now instead of waiting to land something good. It’ll keep you going and you won’t care much about it if you lose it or need to quit.

I’m currently in retail, I actually have two part time jobs. It took me a while to get them, and I had to tailor my resume for it. I had to remove experience from it to finally get interviews in lower positions. Nobody at the shopping mall cared how long I worked in a studio elsewhere or what I did. And trust me, I have plenty of dim witted, ugly coworkers (as well as smart ones and good looking ones) so don’t think you have an unhireable aura. There’s plenty worse than you out there, I’m absolutely certain.

Good luck OP

Not true for all but true for most.

However let’s make a difference between being close and being intimate; females are usually more intimate than males or at least open up more quickly on personal topics. Gay/bi males are also like this.

As for closeness though, I don’t think there is much of a difference between sex/gender/sexual orientation. I’ve found bros sticking together and backing up each other the same as girls do if not more.

That’s some fanfic I wanna read lol

None, not because it can’t but because if it does then people won’t be able to make an income. This is already a problem.

All of the reasons already mentioned, but also, your brain is hardwired to pay more attention to a face, and to a face expressing emotion even more in particular.

This is very true, and also, the reverse is true as well: your bloodline can end yet you can still be remembered if you did something remarkable enough. I’m sure there are tons of well known figures in history whose bloodlines are no more today